WO1996010121A1 - Dispositif de logement et de fixation - Google Patents
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- WO1996010121A1 WO1996010121A1 PCT/US1995/012278 US9512278W WO9610121A1 WO 1996010121 A1 WO1996010121 A1 WO 1996010121A1 US 9512278 W US9512278 W US 9512278W WO 9610121 A1 WO9610121 A1 WO 9610121A1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
- E05C17/00—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith
- E05C17/02—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means
- E05C17/04—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing
- E05C17/30—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means with a movable bar or equivalent member extending between frame and wing of extensible, e.g. telescopic, construction
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
- E05C17/00—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith
- E05C17/02—Devices for holding wings open; Devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing; Braking devices, stops or buffers, combined therewith by mechanical means
- E05C17/54—Portable devices, e.g. wedges; wedges for holding wings open or closed
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10T292/20—Clamps
- Y10T292/205—Ring
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10T292/45—Rod clamps
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- the present invention relates generally to securing devices. More particularly, the present invention concerns a securing device for fixing a rod in position. Even more particularly, the present invention provides a securing device for securing an automotive hatchback in an open position.
- Vehicles having a hatchback-type door have become increasingly popular as the consumer trend towards sportier, more fuel-efficient vehicles continues.
- two liftgate supports one disposed on each side of the hatchback-type door, secure the hatchback in the raised position. After several years of usage or during freezing temperatures, these liftgate supports eventually malfunction, creating a safety hazard to anyone loading or unloading items from the back of the vehicle.
- U.S. Patent No. 2,671,355 issued to Hawkins discloses a holding device to retain a vehicle hood or trunk in a raised position.
- the device includes two members engaged in a telescoping relationship.
- the holding device includes a first tubular member that slidably receives a rod together with a coiled spring urged locking dog.
- the locking dog engages the rod with respect - 2 - to the tubular member, so as to retain the hood or the trunk raised by a pre-determined amount.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,415,194 there is disclosed a vehicular hatchback-type door closure system which is designed to prevent the downward pivotal rotation of the hatchback-type door.
- a pair of telescoping struts are positioned such that the studs that secure the strut to the hatchback-type door come into a wedging engagement with the struts to limit the clockwise rotation of the hatchback- type door.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,024,303 issued to Kosloff discloses a hatchback locking device to retain a hatchback- type door of a vehicle in an open position.
- the locking device comprises a two piece body member where the two pieces are hingedly connected so they may be fit around the liftgate support and then be fastened.
- the body member is secured to a housing cylinder by two sided tape proximate to where the elongated piston rod is received by the housing cylinder.
- the two-piece member is expensive to produce and, once attached with tape, is difficult to remove from the housing cylinder.
- U.S. Patent No. Des. 296,866 issued to Behring discloses a lockable sleeve that slips onto the elongated piston rod of the liftgate support to secure the liftgate door in the raised position. The lockable sleeve must then be removed from the liftgate support to lower the hatchback-type door. The sleeve is cumbersome to use and store and can easily damage the liftgate support or the hatchback-type door.
- the Polyon Manufacturing Company has developed a spring-loaded brace for after-market installation that automatically retains a liftgate support of a hatchback-type door in an open position. The brace is expensive and detracts from the appearance of the vehicle when the hatchback-type door is opened.
- the present invention provides a device for housing and securing an elongated rod, the device comprising:
- first and second interdigitating opposedly arranged body portions each of the first and second body portions having an outer surface and an inner surface, each of the first and second body portions having a pedestal and a foot, the foot of the first body portion seating rearwardly of the pedestal of the second body portion and the pedestal of the second body portion seating rearwardly of the foot of the first body portion upon interdigitation, the interdigitated first and second body portions cooperating to define a body member having a central aperture formed therethrough in which the elongated rod is slidably positionable relative to the body member;
- Each of the two body portions has a threaded channel formed therein so that when the two body portions are interdigitated, the resulting body member has two channels drawn from its outer surface to its inner surface.
- a locking member such as a screw, fits into either of the two channels and functions to secure the two body portions together, while allowing the elongated rod to slidably move through the central aperture when not engaged therewith.
- the threaded screw secure the elongated rod in position by pressing it against the inner surface of the body member.
- the housing and securing device is now in a fully locked position.
- the body member restricts the movement of the elongated rod into the hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder of a hatchback door mechanism.
- the elongated rod does not move relatively to the body member and the body member cannot fit into the hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder.
- the hatchback-type door is held in an open position until the locking member is withdrawn to the semi- locked position.
- FIGURE 1 is a perspective view depicting a preferred embodiment of the housing and securing device
- FIGURE 2 is a perspective view depicting housing and securing device hereof in an unassembled state
- FIGURE 3 is a top view of the housing and securing device hereof in a semi-locked configuration
- FIGURE 4 is a top view of the preferred embodiment of the housing and securing device hereof in a fully locked configuration
- FIGURE 5 is an environmental view of the preferred embodiment of the housing and securing device hereof as implemented in a liftgate support system.
- the housing and securing device 10 includes a body member 12 and a locking member 14.
- the body member 12 is, generally toroidal in shape and has a first aperture 16 which is designed to slidably encircle an elongated rod 18, such as a piston or rod.
- the body member may be formed of a variety of materials including various hard plastics or metals.
- two body portions 20, 20' which are substantially identical and opposedly arrayed, interdigitate to form the body member 12, the two body portions 20, 20' ar substantially identical, thus reducing the number of machining steps necessary to produce the locking device 10.
- the description will only reference one of the substantially identical body portions 20, 20' .
- the body portion 20 has an outer surface 22, an inner surface 24, and a helically threaded channel 26, drawn between its outer surface 22, and inner surface 24, respectively.
- the inner surface 24, of the body portion 20, has a first interdigitating member or foot 28, and a second interdigitating member or pedestal 30.
- the two body portions are opposedly arranged so that the first interdigitating member, or foot 28 of each body portion 20, interdigitates with the second interdigitating member 30, of the other body portion 20, to form the body member 12.
- the first interdigitating member 28, of the body portion 20, includes a flange 32.
- the flange 32 When the two opposedly arranged body portions 20, 20' are interlocked, the flange 32, defines a portion of the edge of the first aperture 16 formed through the body member 12.
- the flange 32 has a semi-circular notch 33, cut into it.
- the semi-circular notch 33, of the flange communicates and is coaxial with the helically threaded channel 26, of the opposedly arranged body portion 20.
- the pedestal 30 extends inwardly from the periphery or perimeter of the surface 22.
- a U-shaped core or recess is provided rearwardly of the pedestal 30, as shown.
- the recess has a width slightly larger than that of the opposed foot 28' of the other body member so that it nests therein.
- Each foot 28 or 28' is disposed or formed interiorly of the respective body portion, as shown.
- Each body portion has a shoulder 35, 35' formed above the interior opening above the associated channel 26, or 26' .
- the opposed foot 28 or 28' seats in the opposed shoulder upon interdigitation with its associated notch, cooperating to "round off” the interior opening, as shown.
- the interior portion of each foot nests in an opposed recess 31 or 31' .
- the interior portion of each pedestal nests in the cut-out provided rearwardly of each foot, as shown.
- a locking member 14 such as a helically threaded fastener or screw 34 may be projected or threaded through a channel 26 to lock the two body portions together as well as to secure the device 10 to the rod 18.
- the helically threaded fastener has a threaded portion 36, a bearing surface 38 and a finger portion 40.
- the threaded portion 38 of the locking member 14 is helically threaded so as be received by either of the helically threaded channels 26 of the two substantially identical body portions 20, 20' .
- the bearing surface 38 of the locking member 14 is preferably made of a soft metal or plastic to prevent damage to the elongated rod 18.
- the finger portion 40 is designed to allow a person to easily grasp and turn the fastener 34.
- a small section 40 of the helically threaded portion 36 of the helically threaded fastener 34 engages the semi-circular notch 33, 33' of the flange 32, 32' on the first interdigitating member 28 or 28' of the opposedly arranged body portion 20, 20' .
- the elongated rod 18 may still slidably move within the aperture 16 of the body member 12 in this configuration.
- the present invention is particularly adapted for use in preventing unwanted slippage of a vehicular hatchback support such as that depicted at 42.
- the liftgate support 42 is secured to a hatchback-type door 44 of a passenger vehicle 46 in the well-known manner.
- the liftgate support includes a housing cylinder 48 and an elongated piston rod 50.
- the elongated piston rod 50 is slidably positionable relative to the housing cylinder 48 along the longitudinal axis of the elongated piston rod 50.
- One end of the housing cylinder 48 is attachable to the vehicle 46 and one end of the elongated piston rod 50 is attachable to the hatchback-type door 44.
- One end 52 of the elongated piston rod 50 is received within the housing cylinder 48.
- the locking device 10 rests upon the housing cylinder 48.
- the locking device 10 is positioned about the elongated piston rod 50 by placing each of the opposedly arranged body portions 20, 20' about the elongated piston rod. The two body portions are then interdigitated along the longitudinal axis of the elongated piston rod 50 to form the body member 12.
- the helically threaded fastener 34 is then threaded into either of the helically threaded channels 26, 26' and rotated clockwise until it achieves the configuration of Figure 4, where the locking device 10 slidably retains the elongated piston rod 50.
- the elongated piston rod 50 will not slide through the aperture 16 formed in the body member 12.
- the body member abuts the far end of the housing cylinder 48. Therefore, the elongated piston rod 50 may not slide into the housing cylinder 48. Accordingly, the hatchback-type door 44 is held in an open position.
- the body member 12 remains locked about the elongated piston rod 50 which is once again slidable within the aperture 16 formed through the body member 12. In this way, the hatchback- type door may be closed or opened.
- the present invention provides an extremely cost effective way for retaining a hatchback-type door in an open position when the liftgate support has failed to function properly.
- the present invention may be utilized in a variety of other contexts including as a screen door stopper, a boom extension, and a tip-up for fishing, etc.
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Abstract
Dispositif (10) de blocage destiné à un support (18) de porte relevable classique, afin de retenir un hayon de véhicule en position ouverte. Le dispositif selon l'invention sert, à l'aide dudit support, à retenir en position ouverte une porte de type hayon, même par temps froid ou lorsque le support est détérioré par l'usage. Ce dispositif de blocage consiste en une paire d'éléments (20, 20') opposés s'emboîtant l'un dans l'autre et encerclant la tige (18). Une pièce filetée (14) bloque les deux éléments ensemble et fixe le dispositif à la tige.
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US08/312,816 US5538299A (en) | 1994-09-27 | 1994-09-27 | Housing and securing device |
US08/312,816 | 1994-09-27 |
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WO1996010121A1 true WO1996010121A1 (fr) | 1996-04-04 |
WO1996010121B1 WO1996010121B1 (fr) | 1996-05-30 |
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US5836627A (en) | 1998-11-17 |
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